This paper diverts from the premise that effects of globalization on associational activity create an uni-directional, uniform process, leading "foreign" ideas and practices to be either celebrated or rejected. By analyzing the assembled practices, ideas, and representational strategies of secularist and Islamist charity organizations in Turkey, contrary to scholars who see a clear-cut difference between these two constituencies, I argue that the ethos of neoliberal giving is central to their operations. In the last thirty years, neoliberal political and economic policies have made social service provision by non-governmental organizations a global phenomenon. Amidst the global celebration of the power of civil society organizations to act as intermediaries between providers and beneficiaries, philanthropy in Turkey has increasingly become an issue loaded with political tension between Secularist and Islamist constituencies. What is the proper form of givingv has become a central public question, fueled by the increasing public visibility of charitable organizations accompanied by accusations of corruption. This paper examines the politicization of philanthropy in Turkey in conjunction with the global politico-economic structure (neoliberal governmentality) by focusing on two dimensions of the interaction between the local and the global: adoptions and adaptations. Adoptions refer to the ways in which charitable organizations borrow from global, and often Western, models of philanthropic practices and activities, and how they chose to implement these practices and activities in their own organizations. Adaptations refers to the ways in which these "foreign" repertoires of philanthropic practices are combined with local, national and religious repertoires, resulting in hybrid forms of associational activity which often contest, contradict and criticize other combinations of philanthropic ideas, practices and representations. This paper will focus on the nuances in the alternative assemblages and discourses of giving utilized by secularist and Islamist actors and organizations in Turkey, whilst at the same time situating this political contestation about philanthropy within the global conjuncture of neoliberalism where social policy alternatives are almost always confined within a language of giving. With this argument, this paper will on the one hand bring together the literatures of civil society, globalization and philanthropy, whilst on the other hand contributing to the study of secularism and post-Islamism in the Middle East.